JURORS BEHAVING BADLY

A blog about the very small percentage of jurors who fail to follow the judge's instructions, including doing independent Internet research, using social media (such as Facebook) to contact parties and lawyers, and blogging about the trial. Juror misconduct frequently results in mistrials and a waste of resources. Links will be provided to sample jury summonses, jury instructions, and other resources to improve juror education and minimize juror misconduct, thereby promoting fairness of trials.


Friday, June 19, 2015

One Misbehaving Juror Goes to Jail While Another is Fined $4000

One misbehaving juror goes to jail for keeping trial notes on his phone...http://www.journalnow.com/news/state_region/juror-sent-to-jail-for-days-for-using-cellphone/article_ecd979b4-6d2e-501c-a291-7583c96c5e64.html

...while another in Vermont is fined $4,000 for reading newspaper articles about the trial...

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/14/trial-juror-who-read-newspaper-fined-4000/71233204/
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Friday, June 12, 2015

Juror's Cell Phone Seized When Improper Discussion of Trial With Friends Alleged; also, the Lying Juror and the Flirtatious Juror

Here is the story about the seized cell phone:

http://www.syracuse.com/crime/index.ssf/2015/06/dr_neulander_juror_misconduct_hearing_delayed_until_original_sentencing_date.html

Here is the appellate opinion about the juror who was a pathological liar during voir dire. It is a long opinion but the transcript of voir dire starts at page 5:

http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/5d406a1a-c8be-4c52-abf9-0678ccaa8c58/1/doc/13-1388_complete_opn.pdf#xml=http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/5d406a1a-c8be-4c52-abf9-0678ccaa8c58/1/hilite/

Finally, the flirtatious juror.  Flirting with a criminal defendant is unbelievable!

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/saucy-juror-gets-trial-aborted-by-flirting-with-defendant/story-fnpn118l-1227386434150
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Journal & Law Review Articles

Journal of Court Innovation (1:2 2008)

Drake Law Review Spring 2011

Criminal Justice (ABA) Winter 2011, Vol. 25, Issue 4

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Vol. 28: 375

Maryland Bar Journal Nov./Dec. 2010

American Society of Trial Consultants, March 2011 (Vol. 23, Issue 2) Bi-monthly E-Journal

Hofstra Law Review (Vol 38: 935)

TRIAL magazine, November 2010

New Mexico Law Review, Vol. 41: 501

Univ. of Illinois Law Rev. Vol. 2012: 577

JURY INSTRUCTIONS

  • http://juries.typepad.com/juries/jury-instructions/
  • http://uscourts.gov/uscourts/News/2010/docs/DIR10-018.pdf
  • http://www.actl.com/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=5213
  • http://www.courts.ca.gov/partners/documents/calcrim_juryins.pdf
  • http://www.courts.state.ny.us/judges/cpji/PJI%201-10%20and%2011%20final3.pdf
  • http://www.ncsc.org/topics/media-relations/social-media-and-the-courts/state-links.aspx?cat=Jury%20Instructions%20on%20Social%20Media

JUDGE'S VOIR DIRE QUESTIONS ON ELECTRONIC DEVICE USE

http://jurorsbehavingbadly.blogspot.com/2011/09/voir-dire-questions-regarding.html



Jury Links

  • Social Media for Judges
  • MN Jury Orientation Video
  • http://www.juries.typepad.com

The District Court Cable Show

  • http://www.QCTV.org/districtcourtshow

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